Results 41-60 of 1,637 for speaker:Marie Sherlock

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 May 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 445. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that have been established to fund the implementation of the new cardiac rehabilitation model of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22175/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (7 May 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 458. To ask the Minister for Health the names of the hospitals that have written to the chairperson of the board of the HSE in 2024 to raise concerns about their funding allocation for each of the years 2020 to 2025. [22195/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (7 May 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 494. To ask the Minister for Health the plans she has to increase bed capacity and resourcing to address overcrowding and pressure on the accident and emergency department at Tallaght University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22377/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (7 May 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 556. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will take steps to ensure medical card eligibility thresholds are reviewed and adjusted regularly in response to rising social protection payment rates and inflation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22697/25]

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2025)

Marie Sherlock: I move amendment No. 1: In page 6, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: “Role of jury in High Court defamation actions 4. (1) Subject to subsection (2) and notwithstanding section 94 of The Courts of Justice Act 1924, or any other provision made by or under any enactment or rule of law, where a defamation action is tried by the High Court sitting with a jury—...

Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2025)

Marie Sherlock: This is my final point. While we rightly focus on the many children with autism, there are other children with learning needs such as dyslexia. There is an inherent hostility within the Department of Education that we have seen for many years with regard to the opening of new reading classes in schools. That needs to change.

Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2025)

Marie Sherlock: We have a large number of parents in the Gallery this morning who come from brilliant groups like the NIC Side by Side group, FUSS, the ICON FAACT group and Embrace Autism D9. Many of these are part of the Equality in Education in Dublin Central group. These groups were set up out of sheer desperation because of the lack of health and education services for children. They have provided a...

Children's Health Ireland: Statements (29 Apr 2025)

Marie Sherlock: May I just make two quick points, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle? First, with regard to the weight of expectation, the Minister raised earlier the 22 new theatres. They will be brilliant when they are up and running, but it will take years for them to open, from what I hear when I talk to the commissioning team in CHI. I think we have 15 theatres at the moment. There is a very serious question...

Children's Health Ireland: Statements (29 Apr 2025)

Marie Sherlock: The reality is that three years ago the commissioning team in CHI put in a request for 382.8 whole-time equivalent staff and they believe they have got little or no response from the HSE or the Department of Health. In fact, in the words of one, they have never been so far behind in the staffing of a new hospital project. We need to make sure that that staffing is put in place next year...

Children's Health Ireland: Statements (29 Apr 2025)

Marie Sherlock: I very much welcome that we are having these statements. It is important to say that over the past number of weeks, I have spent a good deal of time talking to staff of CHI - doctors and nurses - and many of the parents of patients. As we all accept, every day brilliant work is done across the three sites in question. I know that as a parent who has had to use Temple Street hospital on a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Grant Payments (29 Apr 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 713. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the budget for the power up grant in 2025; the number of firms that have taken it up; the value of the total claims; and the percentage of claims as a share of total eligible businesses. [19479/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Medical Register (29 Apr 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 2087. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure the extension of the national orthopaedic joint register to paediatric patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19203/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Healthcare Policy (29 Apr 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 2088. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure the extension of the national monitoring system for post-surgical infections to paediatric patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19204/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Primary Care Centres (29 Apr 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 2103. To ask the Minister for Health when the Adamstown primary care centre is scheduled to open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19260/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Industrial Relations (29 Apr 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 2126. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has attended the Labour Court, or if a date has been set for a meeting, regarding the extension of the long-Covid sick pay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19445/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Medicinal Products (29 Apr 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 2199. To ask the Minister for Health if she intends on introducing the shingles vaccine for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia patients under the medical card or drug payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19692/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (29 Apr 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 2232. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of care hours that were cancelled in 2023 and 2024 and the associated saving to the HSE, per integrated healthcare area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19827/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (29 Apr 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 2233. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of care hours provided, per integrated healthcare area, in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19828/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Hospital Staff (29 Apr 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 2259. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts at the Mater Hospital, by speciality; the length of time each vacancy; and the estimated timeframe in which each vacancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19938/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Hospital Staff (29 Apr 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 2260. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts at CHI Temple Street, by speciality; the length of time each vacancy; and the estimated timeframe in which each vacancy will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19939/25]